# LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse vs ZAYA1-8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse and ZAYA1-8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/longcat-flash-lite-sparse-vs-zaya1-8b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick ZAYA1-8B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- ZAYA1-8B leads overall 58 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HMMT Feb 2026 in Mathematics, with scores of 40.5% and 71.6%.
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | ZAYA1-8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meituan | Zyphra |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 45.7 (Estimated · #80/152)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 33.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 21.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 45.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 48.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 39.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 40.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 33.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 43.3 (Estimated · #118/183)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 85.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | 74.2% | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse |
| CMMLU | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 69.5% | 71.0% | ZAYA1-8B |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 71% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 35.6 (#110/123)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse public-lane score: Coming soon
- ZAYA1-8B public-lane score: 62.6 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | ZAYA1-8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | 65.7% | 89.1% | ZAYA1-8B |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 40.5% | 71.6% | ZAYA1-8B |
| IMOAnswerBench | 49.4% | 59.3% | ZAYA1-8B |
| Apex | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse or ZAYA1-8B?

ZAYA1-8B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse cover on BenchLM?

LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does ZAYA1-8B cover on BenchLM?

ZAYA1-8B currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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